tindë

glint

tindë noun "glint" (TIN)

wintil

glint

wintil noun "glint" (LT1:261)

tin-

glint, spark, glitter

tin- vb. "glint, spark, glitter" (3rd pers. aorist tinë "it glints") (TIN, PE17:69)

íta

flash

íta noun "a flash" (PM:363)

íta

noun. flash

A noun for “a flash” appearing in The Shibboleth of Fëanor as part of a discussion the name Q. Itarillë, S. Idril from the late 1960s, derived from the root √IT (PM/363). It seems to be a bright and direct flash of light, as opposed to ᴹQ. tinde “glint” for a less brilliant and reflected flash of light.

Derivations

• √IT “glitter, shine, shimmer, twinkle” ✧ PM/363

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√it > íta	[īta]	✧ PM/363

Variations

• íta ✧ PM/363

tinwë

spark

tinwë noun "spark" (gloss misquoted as "sparkle" in the Etymologies as printed in LR, see VT46:19), also "star"; pl. tinwi "sparks", properly used of the star-imagines on Nur-menel (q.v.). Cf. nillë. (TIN, MR:388) In early "Qenya", tinwë was simply glossed "star" (LT1:269, cf. MC:214). In one late source, the meaning of tinwë is given as "spark", and it is said that this word (like Sindarin gil) was used of the stars of heaven "in place of the older and more elevated el, elen- stem" (VT42:11).

nemesta

noun. appearance, seeming

ilcë

appearance

ilcë ("k") (1) noun "appearance" (etymologically "glint"; cf. ilca-) (QL:42)

imirë

noun. crystal

glîn

noun. gleam, glint (usually of fine slender but bright shafts of light, particularly applied to light of eyes)

glînn

noun. gleam, glint (usually of fine slender but bright shafts of light, particularly applied to light of eyes)

glîn(n)

noun. gleam, glint

Derivations

• √GLIM “gleam, glint” ✧ WJ/337

Element in

• S. Glindûr “*Dark Glance”
• S. Limlint “Limlight”
• S. Maeglin “Sharp Glance” ✧ SA/glîn; WJ/337

Variations

• glîn ✧ SA/glîn
• glînn ✧ WJ/337

tin

noun. spark

_ n. _spark, sparkle (esp. used of the twinkle of stars). >> ithildin

gil-

prefix. spark

_ pref. _spark, often used for 'star'. Form of gail/geil in compounds. >> gail, geil, Gilgalad

tinu

noun. spark, small star

tîn

spark

n. spark, star. Q. tinwe spark (Poet. star).

silef

noun. crystal

_n. _crystal (white). >> silivren

tinna

glint

(vb.) *tinna- (cited as a ”Noldorin” infinitive tinno) (i dinna, i thinnar). Noun

tinna

glint

(cited as a ”Noldorin” infinitive tinno) (i dinna, i thinnar). Noun

tint

spark

1) tint (i dint, o thint), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thint), coll. pl. tinnath; 2) tinu (i dinu, o thinu; also -din at the end of compounds), analogical pl. tiny (i thiny). The word is also used =

tint

spark

(i dint, o thint), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thint), coll. pl. tinnath

gîl

silver glint

(i ngîl = i ñîl, o n’gîl = o ñgîl, construct gil) (star, bright spark), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gîl = i ñgîl), coll. pl. *giliath (RGEO, MR:388)*

agol

noun. flash

Derivations

• ✶akla- “to shine out, flash”
  • √KAL “light; shine, be bright, light; shine, be bright, [ᴱ√] shine golden” ✧ PE18/085; PE18/087; PE18/087
  • √KALAT ✧ PE18/087

tinu

spark

(i dinu, o thinu; also -din at the end of compounds), analogical pl. tiny (i thiny). The word is also used =

ivrin

crystalline

no distinct pl. form.

tim

small star

(MR:388). Archaic tinw, so the coll. pl. is likely  tinwath. 3)

ivor

crystal

analogical pl. ivyr;

glim

root. gleam, glint

A Sindarin-only root glossed “gleam, glint” Tolkien coined to explain the name Maeglin (PM/337). Tolkien said it was used “usually of fine slender but bright shafts of light ... particularly applied to light of eyes”.

Derivatives

• S. glîn(n) “gleam, glint” ✧ WJ/337
• S. glintha- “to glance (at)” ✧ WJ/337

Variations

• glim ✧ WJ/337

tini

noun. spark

Derivations

• √TIN “sparkle, spark, sparkle, spark, [ᴱ√] twinkle, [ᴹ√] emit slender (silver pale) beams”

Derivatives

• S. tîn “spark, sparkle, twinkle of stars”

Variations

• tĭnĭ ✧ PE21/80

tinna-

verb. to glint

tinna-

verb. to glint

Cognates

• ᴹQ. tin- “to glint” ✧ Ety/TIN

Derivations

• ᴹ√TIN “sparkle, emit slender (silver pale) beams” ✧ Ety/TIN

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√TIN > tinno	[tinta-] > [tintʰa-] > [tinθa-] > [tinna-]	✧ Ety/TIN

gildin

noun. silver spark

tint

noun. spark

tint

noun. spark

Derivations

• ᴹ√TIN “sparkle, emit slender (silver pale) beams” ✧ Ety/TIN

Element in

• N. Tinfang “Starbeard”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√TIN > tint	[tinte] > [tintʰe] > [tinθe] > [tinθ] > [tint]	✧ Ety/TIN

tinw

noun. spark, small star